Dating Sites for Polygamists, Dog Bans and Pardons, Pardons, Pardons

"The law and not religion should be the basis of justice for citizens. We are calling for an impartial judge-led inquiry that places human rights, not theology, at the heart of the investigation." — Maryam Namazie, head of One Law For All.

"This area is home to a large Muslim community. Please have respect for us and for our children and limit the presence of dogs in the public sphere. ... those who live in the UK must learn to understand and respect the legacy and lifestyle of Muslims who live alongside them." — Leaflets distributed by the Muslim group, "Public Purity."

"It's not gonna be long now before Islam will come to the shores of this country...and if they reject it we'll fight them. We want to live under sharia not democracy." — Muslim convert Gavin Rae, 36, a former British soldier who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for trying to buy weapons for the Islamic State.

Equality Now, a group that campaigns for women's human rights, estimates that 137,000 women and girls living in England and Wales have been affected by female genital mutilation (FGM).

July 1. A Muslim taxi driver in Leicesterrefused to pick up a blind couple because they had a guide dog. Charles Bloch and Jessica Graham had booked a taxi with ADT Taxis for them and their guide dog, Carlo. But when the taxi arrived, the driver said, "Me, I not take the dog. For me, it's about my religion." Many Muslims believe dogs are impure and haram (strictly forbidden).

July 1. A judge in London ordered the deportation of Saliman Barci, a 41-year-old Albanian man who posed as a refugee from Kosovo and collected the full range of welfare payments in Britain for 14 years. Barci, it turned out, was a citizen of Albania who had murdered two men there in 1997. Shortly after carrying out the killings, Barci fled Albania and eventually reached Britain, where he claimed asylum as a refugee. In 2009, a court in Albania sentenced Barci in absentia to 25 years in prison for the double murder. British authorities only became aware of Barci's real identity after an altercation at his London home, when the police arrived and took his fingerprints.

July 2. A Somali man was sentenced to ten years in prison for raping two women in Birmingham. Dahir Ibrahim, 31, had previously been sentenced to ten years in 2005 for raping a woman in Edgbaston. A judge had ordered his deportation after he had served his first sentence, but he appealed and was allowed to remain in Britain. Ibrahim's attorney, Jabeen Akhtar, successfully argued that he had a lack of understanding of what is acceptable in the United Kingdom.

"I was 12 when I came out of the polygamy closet... Changing people's perception of polygamy. If I can do that, and bring more family stability, happiness and a large support system infrastructure, I'll be happy. And in the end, I'm a Muslim and I'm rewarded for doing good. So I hope that when I die, my creator will reward me with something better than what I had in this world in return. It's almost like I get my religious kick out of it, I get my business kick out of it and I also get a lot of thank-you letters."

Polygamy is illegal in Britain.

July 4. A Muslim man was ordered to bring his nine-year-old daughter back to Britain after taking her to Algeria and leaving her there with his relatives. The man said he did not approve of his estranged wife's new Christian partner. In his ruling, Mr Justice Hayden said the woman had converted to Islam to marry the man, who was now unhappy about the lifestyle she was leading after their separation:

"The father has been extremely critical of the mother and of what he now regards as her un-Islamic lifestyle, which he has described as 'debauched.' He has been dismissive of her care of their daughter and of her choice of partner. He plainly does not consider it appropriate for their daughter to be brought up where her mother lives with a Christian man."

July 5. ITV News reported that an alleged British member of the infamous Islamic State execution squad made a dating profile before he left Britain; he was advertising for a wife to join him in Syria. Alexander Kotey, a convert to Islam who also uses the name Abu Salih, was identified in February as one of the so-called "Beatles" who detained and killed a string of Western hostages. According to ITV, a profile he made for himself before leaving London for Syria, shows a "more sensitive side" to the killer:

"I am a practicing revert brother of mixed race origin. I enjoy outdoor activities and like getting away from the city. I hope to eventually leave (hijrah from) London and settle elsewhere. I am seeking a sister who is, or at least striving to be serious about her religion, sincere towards Allah (SWT), affectionate, caring and understanding, who understands the importance of always referring matters back to Allah and his messenger. And she should be willing and prepared to migrate to a Muslim land."

After posting it, Kotey is believed to have used an aid convoy as cover to travel to the Middle East before slipping across the border into Syria. His whereabouts are unknown. According to ITV, it is believed he is still an Islamic State fighter.

July 5. The Labour Party reinstated Naz Shah, a Muslim MP from Bradford who was suspended over anti-Semitic Facebook posts that called on Israelis be deported to the United States. "Antisemitism is racism, full stop," she said. "As an MP, I will do everything in my power to build relations between Muslims, Jews and people of different faiths and none."

July 6. A Muslim man appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on charges of forcing his wife to wear a headscarf outside of her bedroom, banning her from speaking to other men and beating her. Abdelhadi Ahmed, 39, denied one count of engaging in controlling or coercive behavior in an intimate relationship, one count of criminal damage and two counts of assault by beating.

July 7. A woman who plotted a jihadist attack on a shopping center in Westfield had her sentence reduced for "good behavior." Sana Khan, 24, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for preparing terrorist acts on the anniversary of the London 7/7 bombings with her husband at the time, Mohammed Rehman. She had her sentence reduced by two years.

July 8. Mohammed Habibullah, a 69-year-old imam who leads prayers at a mosque in Dudley, was given a suspended sentence after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman. In determining the sentence, Judge Amjad Nawaz, a fellow Muslim, said that although Habibullah's victim had been left "psychologically damaged," he was a man of "positive good character" who had given more than 25 years of service to the Muslim community as an imam.

July 8. Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of the school inspection service Ofsted, warned that the "Trojan Horse" campaign to impose radical Islamic ideas on Birmingham schools has "gone underground" but has not gone away. He warned that Birmingham was failing to ensure that "children are not being exposed to harm, exploitation or the risk of falling under the influence of extremist views."

July 9. More than 200 individuals and human rights groups signed an open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May urging her to dismantle a panel chosen to oversee an official inquiry into Sharia courts in Britain. They said that by appointing an Islamic scholar as chair and placing two imams in advisory roles, the panel's ability to make an impartial assessment of how religious arbitration is used to the detriment of women's rights will be compromised. "It is patronizing if not racist to fob off minority women with so-called religious experts who wish to legitimate Sharia laws as a form of governance in family and private matters," the letter said.

The review, announced in May as part of the government's counter-extremism strategy and due to be completed by 2017, is to be chaired by Mona Siddiqui, a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Edinburgh. Siddiqui said those who signed the letter demonstrated a "profound misunderstanding of Sharia."

The Iranian-born human rights activist, Maryam Namazie, who leads the campaign One Law For All, countered:

"The law and not religion should be the basis of justice for citizens. We are calling for an impartial judge-led inquiry that places human rights, not theology, at the heart of the investigation.

"Far from examining the connections between religious fundamentalism and women's rights, the narrow remit of the inquiry will render it a whitewash. It seems more geared to rubberstamping the courts than defending women's rights."

July 10. More than 1,500 children — including 257 under the age of 10 — have been referred to the Channel program, the government's anti-terrorism deradicalization scheme, in the past six months, according to figures released by the National Police Chief's Council under the Freedom of Information Act. Since July 2015, teachers have been legally obliged to report any suspected extremist behavior to police as part of the government's anti-radicalization strategy.

July 11. A Pew Research Center survey found that more than half (52%) of Britons surveyed said they believe that incoming refugees and migrants will increase the threat of terrorism in the UK. More than half (54%) of Britons also said that Muslims in the UK "want to be distinct from the larger society." Nearly half (46%) said that migrants are an economic burden on the UK.

July 12. Residents in Manchesterreceived leaflets in their mail boxes calling for a public ban on dogs. The leaflets, distributed by a group called "Public Purity," stated:

"This area is home to a large Muslim community. Please have respect for us and for our children and limit the presence of dogs in the public sphere.

"As citizens of a multicultural nation, those who live in the UK must learn to understand and respect the legacy and lifestyle of Muslims who live alongside them.

"Help us make this a reality. Let your local MP know how you feel about this. Make Muslims feel like they live in a safe and accepting space, welcoming them and respecting their beliefs."

A snapshot of Islamic multiculturalism in Manchester: A local Muslim entrepreneur recently launched two polygamy matchmaking sites (pictured left, an image from secondwife.com), while a local Islamic group distributed leaflets requested that residents "limit the presence of dogs in the public sphere." Many Muslims believe dogs are impure and haram (strictly forbidden).

July 12. Muslim convert Gavin Rae, 36, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for trying to buy weapons for the Islamic State. Rae, a former soldier with the British Army, was arrested in a sting operation. He told an undercover officer:

"It's not gonna be long now before Islam will come to the shores of this country...and if they reject it we'll fight them. But we want to live under sharia not democracy." He also said that once his family was in a Muslim country, he would "go then and sacrifice my life for Allah."

July 13. Ian Acheson, the head of a review into extremism in British prisons, warned that there is a hardcore group of jihadi prisoners whose "proselytizing behavior" among the 12,500 Muslim inmates in England and Wales was so dangerous that they should be separated from the rest of the prison population. Addressing the select committee on justice in the House of Commons, Acheson said:

"There is intelligence that there are a small number of people whose behavior is so egregious in relation to proselytizing this pernicious ideology... they need to be completely incapacitated from being able to proselytize to the rest of the prison population."

July 15. A Muslim teacher visiting a pub in Hertfordshire was asked to remove his school sweatshirt because it had the word "Islam" on the back and it was upsetting customers. Nurul Islam, 32, said he was wearing his school sweatshirt, which has his surname on the back, when a waiter at the pub asked him to remove it because "it was making some customers feel uncomfortable" after the jihadist attack in Nice. Islam added:

"I didn't know quite what to say, and at first I didn't link what he'd said with the lorry attack in France, but when it sank in I was shocked. I was being discriminated against because of my surname so I was left really upset after the incident. We all have surnames on the backs of our hoodies, which is the responsible thing to do.

"I'm not a practicing Muslim but I am a Muslim. It makes me feel terrible that my name is the cause of such contention when all it means is peace. If I had the word 'peace' on there, would he still have asked me to leave?" [Islam, in fact, means "submission," not "peace."]

July 18. Kelvin Mackenzie, a columnist for The Sun, wrote that Fatima Manji, a presenter for Channel 4 television, should not have been allowed to anchor new reports on the jihadist attack in Nice, France, because she is a Muslim and wears the hijab. Mackenzie wrote:

"I could hardly believe my eyes. The presenter was not one of the regulars... but a young lady wearing a hijab. Her name is Fatima Manji and she has been with the station for four years. Was it appropriate for her to be on camera when there had been yet another shocking slaughter by a Muslim?

"Would the C4 editor have used a Hindu to report on the carnage at the Golden Temple of Amritsar? Of course not. Would the station have used an Orthodox Jew to cover the Israeli-Palestine conflict? Of course not.

"With all the major terrorist outrages in the world currently being carried out by Muslims, I think the rest of us are reasonably entitled to have concerns about what is beating in their religious hearts. Who was in the studio representing our fears? Nobody."

The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), the press regulator, said it had received more than 300 complaints about Mackenzie's column.

July 18. The Independent Press Standards Organisation, the press regulator, ruled that the Mail Online was wrong to use the words "Islamic honor killing" in a headline because it wrongly suggested that the crime had been motivated by Islam. The article concerned the killing of Saima Khan in Luton in May, while most of her family were attending a funeral at a nearby mosque. Khan's sister was subsequently charged with the murder.

Miqdaad Versi, the assistant general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain, lodged a complaint. He said "honor killings" are rooted in culture not religion:

"It is vital that news outlets do not encourage Islamophobia through the usage of clearly inaccurate and inflammatory headlines, especially in today's climate.

"Honor killings are barbaric acts based in culture and not in faith. The Ipso ruling demonstrates unequivocally that the usage of 'Islamic honor killing' constituted a significant breach in the editors' code."

The Mail Online amended its headline to "Mother of four stabbed to death while her family were at a funeral 'may have been murdered in honor killing.'" It also added a footnote stating: "An earlier version of this article said that police were investigating whether Ms. Khan may have been murdered in an 'Islamic honor killing'. We are happy to make clear that Islam as a religion does not support so-called 'honor killings.'"

July 20. Abdi Waise, 28, an illegal immigrant from Somalia, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for kidnapping a schoolgirl and attempting to abduct four others aged between 11 and 14 in North London over the space of two-and-half hours. The crimes occurred just three weeks after Waise was released early from an eight-year prison sentence for rape. He was served a deportation order but was later freed: the British government decided that war-torn Somalia was too dangerous for foreign criminals.

July 20. Two men were jailed and two women were given suspended sentences for throwing bacon sandwiches at a mosque in Bristol. The group was also served with a restraining order preventing them from going within 100 meters of a mosque anywhere in England or Wales for the next 10 years.

July 20. Police in Norfolkcalled for increased vigilance against forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). The number of cases soar during the summer months, when schools are closed and young girls are taken abroad. Equality Now, a group that campaigns for women's human rights, estimates that 137,000 women and girls living in England and Wales have been affected by FGM.

July 21. NHS Digital, the national provider of information about healthcare, reported 5,700 new cases of female genital mutilation in England during April 2015 to March 2016. The statistics, the first to be published since the government introduced compulsory reporting for public hospitals, show that in 18 cases the FGM had been performed in the UK. The most frequent age at which FGM was carried out was between five and nine. More than half of all cases relate to women and girls from London.

July 21. The Cabinet Office released files about Margaret Thatcher's immigration policy from 1982 to 1986, which show that she was strongly opposed to admitting women to the UK who were the second wives of men in polygamous marriages. A document showed that then Home Secretary Douglas Hurd suggested making future polygamous marriages invalid but recognizing existing ones. Thatcher wrote in the margin: "We do not recognize polygamy at all."

July 23. The Home Office confirmed that 550,000 teachers, nurses, child care providers and other public sector workers have been trained in the Prevent strategy, a counter-terrorism training program, to help them spot and report potential extremists in their workplaces. Under Prevent, extremism is defined as "vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs."

July 26. The makers of Fireman Sam, an animated television series for children, apologized after an episode which aired on June 28 allegedly showed a character stepping on a page of the Koran. Muslim viewers claimed the episode "Troubled Waters" is Islamophobic because it showed a bumbling character named "Elvis" failing to respect the Muslim holy book. A scene shows Elvis holding a tray of tea and taking a fall when he slides on a piece of paper on the floor. Pages then fly up into the air as they, and the character, come crashing to the floor. Social media users said one of the pages briefly showed verses of the Koran. Miqdaad Versi, the assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, wrote on Twitter: "Have no idea what went through the producers' minds when they thought this was a good idea #baffled."

The series was produced by an animation studio in China. A spokeswoman for Mattel, the multinational company that owns the show, said: "The page was intended to show illegible text and we deeply regret this error. We sincerely apologise for any distress or offense it may have caused. We will no longer be working with the animation studio responsible for this mistake."

July 26. The Home Office announced a £2.4 million ($3.2 million) "Hate Crime Action Fund" to "provide security measures and equipment for vulnerable places of worship that need increased protection." The plan promises extra data collection and training to identify "anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic, homophobic, racist and other bullying in schools."

July 26. Two men of "Middle Eastern appearance" attempted to abduct a serviceman at knifepoint at RAF Marham in Norfolk. The serviceman managed to fight off his attackers. Marham is home to four squadrons of Tornado bombers which have been flying raids against Islamic State in Syria from Cyprus. Air Force personnel have now been warned to "keep a low profile" and told not wear their uniforms in public.

July 28. The BBC reported that five books regarded as "extremist" by the Prison Service remained in jails in England and Wales for seven months after a review called for their removal. The banned titles were The Way of Jihad by Hassan Al-Banna; Milestones by Sayyid Qutb; The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam by Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi; Towards Understanding Islam by Syed Abul Ala Maududi; and Fundamentals of Tauheed by Bilal Philips.

July 29. A Muslim street preacher in Birmingham was charged with public order offenses after trying to enforce Sharia law on female passersby. Krissoni Henderson, 31, was arrested for allegedly shouting verbal abuse at a 38-year-old woman "for wearing tight jeans."

July 29. The Olympic swimming pool in Luton began hosting gender-segregated swimming sessions for "cultural reasons." Users of the pool — built with taxpayer money — were given sudden notice that there would be men-only sessions on Friday evenings. An outraged female swimmer told Luton News: "I have asked a team leader about it... he said it was a 'cultural thing.'"

Soeren Kern is a Senior Fellow at the New York-basedGatestone Institute. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos / Strategic Studies Group. Follow him onFacebook and onTwitter.

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11 Reader Comments

dm • Aug 31, 2016 at 01:33

A disgusting and horrifying write up. The statement made by Maryan Manazie says it all. The law is based on justice for all, and is not based on theology" If that is what she feels, why is she and people like her pushing for Sharia law, which is actually zero justice for the people following it! Maryan categorically quotes that the muslims want to live under sharia law NOT DEMOCRACY. Surely what is the problem, so those people, please LEAVE!!!!!. Dubai, Oman etc., is available but you will not get the support of the UK subsidies, which appear to be relied on so solidly by the UK muslim community. Alternatively they can leave and head to any of the war torn muslim countries of which their are so many and live their lives, OR NOT! within the non democratic, sharia law of Stoning to death, rape, murder, decapitation, (forgot genocide) an everyday acceptable event.

If this is the prevailing situation in the UK, then it is a decision to be taken by the government that the answer is a clear NO to Sharia Law. The government should take note that if this situation carries on and the govt. continue to procrastinate over such clear issues relating to democracy and freedom, it is surely a treasonable act on their part, and if they have any illusions relating to their own personal safety, or the classic mindset (it doesn't affect me syndrome) they should really think twice, because such religious zealot activity may well come after them and bite them in the butt, that is of course if the people that voted them into power do not come searching for them first. In any case the game that the government are playing is clearly damaging and has damaged the social structure of the UK.

The laws that muslims are trying to force on the British public are not even realistic. Most Islamic run countries are run by murdering despots who want to become reigning life caliphs, where people are running away in fear of their lives. This is a ruling law that they want to bring into the UK.

This Hate Crime Action Fund of millions, is for whom??????? to smack people who want to retain a democratic way of life, the life that they had before the advent of all this sharia sh.t activity. The polls as mentioned clearly show that more than half of the population in the UK are sick and tired of this poor me muslim activity. Polygamy is illegal, CLEARLY ILLEGAL!!!!!(there is zero grey area) why are the govt allowing websites to advertise for second wives. Why are the govt paying for second wives and their illegitimate children. OR MOE TO THE POINT, WHY ARE THE BRITISH TAX PAYERS BEING MADE TO PAY FOR THESE ILLEGAL FACILITIES.

Is it not clear to anybody with half a brain, that this is world wide strategy to overthrow anything or anyone that is not a believer of the muslim faith.

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JB Silver dm • Aug 31, 2016 at 17:15

I could not have said it better myself.

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Podargus • Aug 30, 2016 at 23:53

Obviously the Brits still have a long way to go to catch up with the idiocy of the French, Germans and Swedes.
But keep trying brothers ans sisters in Angloland. You too can be a PC Pixie.I'm getting to be REALLY ashamed of my European heritage.

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Doo-Dah, Doo-Dah • Aug 30, 2016 at 21:32

It was the CHOICE of these whining Muslims to move to England.

If it were Brits moving to Pakistan or India or Germany or Greece, there would be NO QUESTION about it at all: the immigrant adapts to the host country. Period.

It needs to be made QUITE CLEAR: if you don't like the customs and practices and laws and habits of your new country, MOVE SOMEWHERE MORE "SATISFACTORY". (And why ever did you choose to move to England in the first place; it's not like you were never warned about the "decadent West", right??)

If these Muslim immigrants absolutely demand to live under Sharia law, and are only satisfied when the strictures and customs of Islam are the "law of the land" -- there are several dozen Middle Eastern and North African countries which offer PRECISELY those living conditions.

What are British officials waiting for? Just announce: "The customs, habits, and laws of Britain are and shall remain effective throughout our kingdom for ALL who dwell within. If this is unacceptable to you, we ENCOURAGE you to leave and find a new home more compatible with your chosen worldview."

AND DO NOT BACK DOWN.

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Pereguine Pickle • Aug 30, 2016 at 18:40

It should be obvious by now that these types of incidents that are recounted in this article happen and continue to happen regardless of any attention drawn to them because the establishment is quite, if not happy, prepared to allow them to happen. This is because over the last 40 years or so it has been decided by the E.U elite, heads of states, establishments of the European nations together with the O.I.C and the many committees, boards, conferences, leagues etc. etc. spawned by the E.U .O.I.C and the U.N, which is almost an Islamic mouthpiece, to Islamize Europe in a bid to harmonize relationships between Islam and Europe and form a power bloc called Eurabia. A lot of the plans and programmes decided on are now, have been for some time really, making their presence felt in day to day life. There is more to come and nothing will be done about them either. It is starting in earnest. I wonder what dog lovers (most of the English) will say or do when it finally dawns on them that their friendly Muslim neighbour regards his dog and all dogs as unclean and should be kept out of sight. Muhammad had all the dogs killed, apart from hunting dogs and herding dogs. Who would have thought it? Shariah has a place and a remedy for everything un-Islamic. The count down has started, it will speed up rapidly.

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Alexander Scheiner, Israel • Aug 30, 2016 at 14:49

There is no "Multiculturalism" when Islam is involved. When reading the media, it is clear what "culture" the Islam has:

It is a culture of murder, terror, maiming, rape, neglect of human rights and refusal to accept democratic rules in the democratic countries Muslims live.

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Dee • Aug 30, 2016 at 11:04

Reading this, my head is in my hands, my heart in my boots. Until we have a Prime Minister who has the will to confront this creeping Islamification of our once proud and Sovereign country, all our freedoms will be gone. Our politicians, our judiciary, our police, our young people, liberals, Christians and Jews alike seem unwilling or do not care to defend what they will find was so precious when it is gone. Soon it will be too late, if it is not too late now.

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Michael Waugh • Aug 30, 2016 at 10:50

I am sick of these people making all their demands in our country. As for their dislike of dogs, I would rather be surrounded by dogs than refugees and illegal immigrants etc etc. We are a small overcrowded island and we do not need imported criminals as our police are paid by the taxpayer to protect us, only. In London women parading around with their faces covered and saying it is for religious reasons. Nonsense. Do they hate our country more than where they belong.

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Jayell • Aug 30, 2016 at 10:44

OK, so residents in Manchester get this unsolicited mail through their letter boxes? -

"This area is home to a large Muslim community. Please have respect for us and for our children and limit the presence of dogs in the public sphere. As citizens of a multicultural nation, those who live in the UK must learn to understand and respect the legacy and lifestyle of Muslims who live alongside them. Help us make this a reality. Let your local MP know how you feel about this. Make Muslims feel like they live in a safe and accepting space, welcoming them and respecting their beliefs."

Such insufferable, bigotted arrogance.

In a 'multicultural nation' (no such thing really - a definable 'nation' can only have ONE culture) no one group can arbitrarily have the right to call the shots about what goes on in public areas, which would be governed by the laws of the land or/and by-laws made by the democratically-elected local authority. And in normal English, there's no such thing as a 'public sphere'. Rather, it would be the duty of minority elements to learn about and respect the standards and traditions of the existing indigenous majority from whose socio-economic structures they have come (uninvitied) to benefit themselves. And as for "Make Muslims feel like they live in a safe and accepting space, welcoming them and respecting their beliefs", what if people aren't particularly interested in 'welcoming them' or 'respecting their beliefs' if (a) they didn't invite them in the first place,(b) they find islamic beliefs pretty abhorent and (c) they don't see why they should show respect where they do not receive respect, as is demonstrated by several instances of typically gross islamic disrespect mentioned in this very article. And no-one has any 'right to be accepted' if they do not first prove themselves 'acceptable'. Or aren't muslim bothered about making themselves acceptable to others?

I trust that whoever sent these unsolicited items also included their own address, because I feel that some rather rude replies would not have been out of order.

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laine gordon • Aug 30, 2016 at 09:57

The dog ban would probably get more reaction than the polygamy ... not should, but would.

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Joseph Garrick • Aug 30, 2016 at 09:09

Muslim scholars teach that Muslims should generally be truthful to each other, unless the purpose of lying is to "smooth over differences."

There are several forms of lying to non-believers that are permitted under certain circumstances, the best known being taqiyya. These circumstances are typically those that advance the cause of Islam - in some cases by gaining the trust of non-believers in order to draw out their vulnerability and defeat them.

Quran

Quran (16:106) - Establishes that there are circumstances that can "compel" a Muslim to tell a lie.

Quran (3:28) - This verse tells Muslims not to take those outside the faith as friends, unless it is to "guard themselves" against danger, meaning that there are times when a Muslim should appear friendly to non-Muslims, even though they should not feel that way..

Quran (9:3) - "...Allah and His Messenger are free from liability to the idolaters..." The dissolution of oaths with the pagans who remained at Mecca following its capture. They did nothing wrong, but were evicted anyway. (The next verse refers only to those who have a personal agreement with Muhammad as individuals - see Ibn Kathir (vol 4, p 49)

Quran (40:28) - A man is introduced as a believer, but one who had to "hide his faith" among those who are not believers.

Quran (2:225) - "Allah will not call you to account for thoughtlessness in your oaths, but for the intention in your hearts" The context of this remark is marriage, which explains why Sharia allows spouses to lie to each other for the greater good.

Quran (3:54) - "And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers." The Arabic word used here for scheme (or plot) is makara, which literally means 'deceit'. If Allah is supremely deceitful toward unbelievers, then there is little basis for denying that Muslims are allowed to do the same. (See also 8:30 and 10:21)

Taken collectively these verses are interpreted to mean that there are circumstances when a Muslim may be "compelled" to deceive others for a greater purpose.

Hadith and Sira

Bukhari (52:269) - "The Prophet said, 'War is deceit.'" The context of this is thought to be the murder of Usayr ibn Zarim and his thirty unarmed men by Muhammad's men after he "guaranteed" them safe passage (see Additional Notes below).

Bukhari (49:857) - "He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar." Lying is permitted when the end justifies the means.

Bukhari (84:64-65) - Speaking from a position of power at the time, Ali confirms that lying is permitted in order to deceive an "enemy."

Muslim (32:6303) - "...he did not hear that exemption was granted in anything what the people speak as lie but in three cases: in battle, for bringing reconciliation amongst persons and the narration of the words of the husband to his wife, and the narration of the words of a wife to her husband (in a twisted form in order to bring reconciliation between them)."

Bukhari (50:369) - Recounts the murder of a poet, Ka'b bin al-Ashraf, at Muhammad's insistence. The men who volunteered for the assassination used dishonesty to gain Ka'b's trust, pretending that they had turned against Muhammad. This drew the victim out of his fortress, whereupon he was brutally slaughtered.

From Islamic Law:

Reliance of the Traveler (p. 746 - 8.2) - "Speaking is a means to achieve objectives. If a praiseworthy aim is attainable through both telling the truth and lying, it is unlawful to accomplish through lying because there is no need for it. When it is possible to achieve such an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible (N:i.e. when the purpose of lying is to circumvent someone who is preventing one from doing something permissible), and obligatory to lie if the goal is obligatory... it is religiously precautionary in all cases to employ words that give a misleading impression...

"One should compare the bad consequences entailed by lying to those entailed by telling the truth, and if the consequences of telling the truth are more damaging, one is entitled to lie."

Notes

Muslims are allowed to lie to unbelievers in order to defeat them. There are two forms:

Taqiyya - Saying something that isn't true as it relates to the Muslim identity.

Kitman - Lying by omission. An example would be when Muslim apologists quote only a fragment of verse 5:32 (that if anyone kills "it shall be as if he had killed all mankind") while neglecting to mention that the rest of the verse (and the next) mandate murder in undefined cases of "corruption" and "mischief."

Tawriya - Intentionally creating a false impression.

Muruna - 'Blending in' by setting aside some practices of Islam or Sharia in order to advance others.

Though not called Taqiyya by name, Muhammad clearly used deception when he signed a 10-year treaty with the Meccans that allowed him access to their city while he secretly prepared his own forces for a takeover. The unsuspecting residents were conquered in easy fashion after he broke the treaty two years later. Some of the people in the city who had trusted him at his word were executed.

Another example of lying is when Muhammad used deception to trick his personal enemies into letting down their guard and exposing themselves to slaughter by pretending to seek peace. This happened in the case of Ka'b bin al-Ashraf (as previously noted) and again later against Usayr ibn Zarim, a surviving leader of the Banu Nadir tribe, which had been evicted from their home in Medina by the Muslims.

At the time, Usayr ibn Zarim was attempting to gather an armed force against the Muslims from among a tribe allied with the Quraish (against which Muhammad had already declared war). Muhammad's "emissaries" went to ibn Zarim and persuaded him to leave his safe haven on the pretext of meeting with the prophet of Islam in Medina to discuss peace. Once vulnerable, the leader and his thirty companions were massacred by the Muslims with ease, probably because they were unarmed, having been given a guarantee of safe passage (Ibn Ishaq 981).

Such was the reputation of Muslims for lying and then killing that even those who "accepted Islam" did not feel entirely safe. Consider the fate of the Jadhima. When Muslim "missionaries" approached their tribe, one of the members insisted that they would be slaughtered even though they had already "converted" to Islam to avoid just such a demise. However, the others believed they could trust the Muslim leader's promise that they would not be harmed if they simply offered no resistance. (After convincing the skeptic to lay down his arms, the unarmed men of the tribe were quickly tied up and beheaded - Ibn Ishaq 834 & 837).

Today's Muslims often try to justify Muhammad's murder of poets and others who criticized him at Medina by falsely claiming that they broke a treaty with their actions. Yet, these same apologists place little value on treaties broken by Muslims. From Muhammad to Saddam Hussein, promises made to non-Muslim are distinctly non-binding in the Muslim mindset.

Leaders in the Arab world sometimes say one thing to English-speaking audiences and then say something entirely different to their own people in Arabic. Yassir Arafat was famous for telling Western newspapers about his desire for peace with Israel, then turning right around and whipping Palestinians into a hateful and violent frenzy against Jews.

The 9/11 hijackers practiced deception by going into bars and drinking alcohol, thus throwing off potential suspicion that they were fundamentalists plotting jihad. This effort worked so well that John Walsh, the host of a popular American television show, claimed well after the fact that their bar trips were evidence of 'hypocrisy.'

The transmission from Flight 93 records the hijackers telling their doomed passengers that there is "a bomb on board" but that everyone will "be safe" as long as "their demands are met." Obviously none of these things were true, but these men, who were so intensely devoted to Islam that they were willing to "slay and be slain for the cause of Allah" (as the Quran puts it) saw nothing wrong with employing Taqiyya to facilitate their mission of mass murder.

The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) insists that it "has not now or ever been involved with the Muslim Brotherhood, or supported any covert, illegal, or terrorist activity or organization." In fact, it was created by the Muslim Brotherhood and has bankrolled Hamas. At least nine founders or board members of ISNA have been accused by prosecutors of supporting terrorism.

The notorious Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is so well known for shamelessly lying about its ties to terror and extremism that books have been written on the subject.

Prior to engineering several deadly terror plots, such as the Fort Hood massacre and the attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was regularly sought out by NPR, PBS and even government leaders to expound on the peaceful nature of Islam.

The Quran says in several places that Allah is the best at deceiving people. An interesting side note is verse 7:99, which says that the only people who feel secure from Allah are those destined for Hell. Taken literally, this could mean that Muslims who arrogantly assume that they will enter heaven are in for a rude surprise (such are the hazards of worshipping an all-powerful deceiver).

The near absence of Quranic verses and reliable Hadith that encourage truthfulness is somewhat surprising, given that many Muslims are convinced that their religion teaches honesty.

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